We'll run short of decent players let alone talls. Weitering going down is not the tale of that match. We need to keep finding best 18 players, let alone best 22, and we need to explore all avenues to do that.
Thats true. One positive lol.
Yep, final order likely to be...
| Williams | Weitering | Marchbank |
| McGovern | ||
| Kennedy | ||
| Pittonet | Curnow | |
| Cuningham | McDonald | |
| McKay |
I find this so funny, almost creating a narrative that everything is sunshine and flowers. They said the same dribble after Jones retired, OMac went down, Gov went down and now Weiters is down. Do they think supporters are dumb or something to not realise how stupidly thin our spine is?Voss said tonight, we would not change our list management strategy, because of Weitering going down...
Lloyd said a while back in the MSD, we are only going for players that we see as future AFL players...
But reality is, for another 6+ weeks, we're going to have 3 available players over 195cm, TDK, Cripps & Young...
Glad to hear Vossy say that. We'll have a few weeks of pain because of last year's strategy, but we can't afford to clog up a list thats approaching contention. AFL quality players please, not reserve level talks.Voss said tonight, we would not change our list management strategy, because of Weitering going down...
Lloyd said a while back in the MSD, we are only going for players that we see as future AFL players...
But reality is, for another 6+ weeks, we're going to have 3 available players over 195cm, TDK, Cripps & Young...
Only helps if we take someone one of the teams who overtook us would have taken.
The problem is that our key position stocks are now so thin, it is essential we find someone capable of playing as a key defender, Weitering is not replaceable and his loss will be felt heavily against teams with quality key forwards, Collingwood don't have them so probably was not felt as much compared to some other teams.
I know they are thin. The risk was taken on McGovern, McDonald and Marchbank being fit and it's backfired. Cutting Casboult was dumb. I still prefer we don't recruit anyone outside of names who are perceived to be AFL quality. If they have already gone, that's life, no point going for a list clogger.
The reverse of this discussion is that we have focussed heavily over the past four years on mid-fielders/flankers so our list is well stocked in these areas, so unlikely anyone drafted is going to better than who we currently have on our list.
Bold to assume all three will be available the whole time.Voss said tonight, we would not change our list management strategy, because of Weitering going down...
Lloyd said a while back in the MSD, we are only going for players that we see as future AFL players...
Which is the right thing to do for the long term...
But for the now... Reality is, for another 6+ weeks, we're going to have 3 available players over 195cm, TDK, Cripps & Young...
Decent setup sitting in the stands
Williams Weitering Marchbank McGovern Kennedy Pittonet Curnow Cuningham McDonald McKay
No reason someone like Sam Durdin can’t be a future AFL player.Voss said tonight, we would not change our list management strategy, because of Weitering going down...
Lloyd said a while back in the MSD, we are only going for players that we see as future AFL players...
Which is the right thing to do for the long term...
But for the now... Reality is, for another 6+ weeks, we're going to have 3 available players over 195cm, TDK, Cripps & Young...
Decent setup sitting in the stands
Williams Weitering Marchbank McGovern Kennedy Pittonet Curnow Cuningham McDonald McKay
If the 'best available tall' is thought to have a future on our list beyond the next 6 weeks then I'm all for it. It's not like the NFL where you can hand out 2 month contracts. Wait and see who's left at our pick I guess.
But we can hand out contact for balance of this season
I think we all now understand that our biggest need is key position players and potentially rucks with key defensive now being a priority. If they can fill a need now they will have a long term future on our list, at least for the next two years. At this point we need coverage in these areas as they will impact our structure and development of our young list. We don't want our younger players being impacted through injury by having to play in positions better suited to strong bodies, or players having to compromise their roles to the detriment of the team such as playing Cripps in the ruck.
